Alanna Knight obituary
Prolific author of romantic and crime fiction, and active supporter of new Scottish writing
Brendan Lehane obituary
Other lives: Author of books about Irish history and the natural world
Elizabeth Wurtzel remembered by Nancy Jo Sales
The Vanity Fair writer on the troubled author of Prozac Nation, a strong, supportive woman with a raw streak of honesty
John le Carré obituary
Writer whose spy novels chronicle how people’s lives play out in the corrupt setting of the cold war era and beyond
Pauline Baines obituary
Other Lives: Designer at Thames & Hudson who lived for more than 60 years in the block of flats she commissioned with friends from Ernö Goldfinger
Alison Lurie obituary
Novelist known for satires of marriage and manners peopled with an interconnecting cast of characters
Ann Hales-Tooke obituary
Other lives: Teacher of children with disabilities and child welfare campaigner
Roger Farrand obituary
Other lives: Publisher of scientific journals who became a champion of artists’ printmaking
Luke Rhinehart obituary
Author of the 1971 cult classic The Dice Man, a novel about a man making decisions based on the roll of a die
Jan Morris obituary
Journalist, travel writer and historian who reported the first ascent of Everest in 1953 and wrote a social history of the British empire
Douglas Matthews obituary
Other lives: Librarian with a global reputation as a master of indexing
Julia O’Faolain obituary
Irish novelist whose work explored the lives of girls and women struggling against society’s contradictory messages
Bernard Dixon obituary
Editor of New Scientist who saw the magazine’s circulation double during his 10 years at the helm
George Mackie obituary
Book designer who brought an artist’s sensibility to his many titles for the Edinburgh University Press
Val Warner obituary
Acclaimed poet, editor and scholar responsible for the rehabilitation of the ‘forgotten’ poet Charlotte Mew